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Judgment day: Soil team judges Cal Poly, local area resources

Students from Cal Poly will travel to Bend, Ore. to participate in a national soil judging contest.

Bridging the gap between homemade and factory

Cal Poly’s Steel Bridge Team will decide this month if “home-made” will be the recipe for success at this year’s national collegiate competition.

History department to add new faculty member

The history department is hiring a new professor to teach General Education area D1, one of the most populated courses for the department.

Valentine’s Day: A day of candy, flowers and STIs

Cal Poly’s Educational Resources on Sexuality, known as E.R.O.S., is hosting its annual Love Carefully Week just before Valentine’s Day, to promote safe sex practices among Cal Poly students.

Toaster-sized launcher to pop out NASA satellites

Cal Poly students will mark their first mission with NASA when their satellite launcher is sent to space out of Vandenberg Air Force Base on Feb. 23.

Students to send-up satellites

PolySat, Cal Poly’s satellite factory, is busy at work building small satellites called CubeSats to launch into space.

COSAM funds new study sessions for 2010-2011

The College of Science and Mathematics put $200,000 into Student Academic Services to increase the number of study session opportunities available for Cal Poly students.

Students to test their brains in national math competition

On December 4, about two dozen Cal Poly students will attempt to solve complex problems in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Construction continues to cause ‘Big Squeeze’ throughout campus

Expect detours on Via Carta, the major pedestrian and vehicle pathway connecting North and South Perimeter roads, for the next three years as construction is completed for the new Center for Science and Mathematics.

Poly’s Tissue Engineering Lab — nothing to sneeze at

There is a research lab at Cal Poly in the biomedical engineering department that’s growing tissue — and it’s not for your nose.

Summer make-up program ranks poorly with Cal Poly

The department heads of English and mathematics said they oppose the CSU mandated Early Start program because remediation isn’t a large problem at Cal Poly.